The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-02-10
South River Items.
reported for the v1RaIN1AN.l


fore Mayor Patterson. of nearly a doZe
illegal sellers of liquor.
/ Many efforts have been made in tn
last three or four years to catch thos
who SO persistently sold whisky unlaW
fully. In fact, ever since the passag
Of the local option law, there have bee
those who openly declared that Wbiske
could be had at more places, and with a
little trouble, as when Tom Jefferson ra
i his bar under license. 1t is fac
known to nearly everybody who frequent
the county court house, that great an
continuous effort to bring the violators o
law to punishment, has been made. TIL
Local Optionists-man prominent citizen
Of aynesboro, have done all in thei
power to check the evil. They have en-
ployed detectives, offered rewards, and, il
fact, left no effort untried to stop the sal
of liquor Sometimes they were flatteret
into belief that they had 'scooped'' tn
whole lot Of sellers up but when after in
dictment, the trial came on and the wit
nesses ,caved in" they lost hope. and i
was seldom that they could bring viola
tor to punishment.
But a few weeks ago, however, couple
Of tramps found their way into the towI
and soon became hail fellow with the
class most given to Illicit whisky traffic
and after stay of two weeks they hae
drank from every vessel used in the trade
from the dark brown half-pint ticker uI
to the q gallon demijohn with its willow
jacket on.
They drank in all places and under al
unlawful circumstances, from STOPPING
down behind darkey in some alley and
sucking the liquor from bottle that stuck
from his hip pocket, to standing boldly up
in well.lighted room and mixing the bug
Juice as it poured from cut glass decanters
into glasses of the same material.
They knew exactly from whom they
could at all times get any quantity they
desired. They knew where to find such
and such one, and also where this fellow
got his supply or The other got his. They
found it all out and then came the fun
the tramps were detectives. Officers
bounced down upon TON, Dick and Har-
ry" ard carried them before the mayor.
Nearly dozen were thus taken, but be-
| hold an opportunity offered, and four of
the stoutest hearted opened the window of
the second story of the Jail and dropping
to the ground, vanished. Mayor Patterson
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regarding the rest Of them. A great deal
Of interest is felt by the people as to the
result of the trial.
To say the least of it we quote from
carp" or some one else. as far as we can
see as to Waynesboro, ...Local Option
don't op."
The many friends of Mrs. Jane Groomes
will be sorry to learn that she was pros
trated a few evenings ago, while milking,
by stroke that affected her brain, render
ing the good woman totally unconscious,
in which state-deprived also of the use
Of her limbs, she still lies without any
perceptible change. Few women have ever
been called upon to undergo as much sui
fering as has Mrs. Groomes, but in all hel
| life she has beena model well worth the
copying. Job was never more patient in
suffering. Moses could not have been
more meek. Seldom has the sympathy of
the community been so deeply stirred as
now.
The report reaches this neighborhood
that a company of Northern capitalists
have made purchase of situation for fur
naces, rolling mills, &C., in the vicinity OF
Waynesboro Junction. The site is sUita.
BILE. in every sense of the word, and we
hope the report is true one, and we have
good reason for believing it is.
All indications point to great activity in
mining operations in the Spring From
all quarters comes good news and addi
tional hands are finding their way to the
mines.
A gentleman who visited the mining
section last week informs us that he was
! greatly surprised at the amount Of work
going on at this time. He says there is
at least double the number of shafts being
sunk as compared with two months ago
and adds that you can easily see from one
force Of workmen to the next one north
ward for distance Of nine miles, so close
are they together.
Gentlemen of Augusta who have read
Mayor Y ost's recommendation to the
council regarding House of Correction
look upon the scheme as one of the great
est wisdom, and many of them are in favor
Of having the county unite with the city
in an establishment for the joint use Of
the county and city.
The simple fact that Hou,e of Correc
tion existed, would save parents and guar
dams mora trouble than could be est
mated. 1t would deter many an ineorrig
ible, disobedient, graceless youngster from
the commission of many deed that hs
would otherwise perform. Our.candid be
lief is that should his Honor's suggestion
be adopted, it would result in more goo(
to the youths. to their friends, to society
than be brought about by any other means
known to mortals.
Mr.. A. A. Arnold, whose health ha!
been rather bad for year, had an attach
of rheumatism two weeks ago which Ell
tirely deprived him of all power to move
head Or foot, and SO painful was the at
tack that during the most of the twt
weeks past, the slightest movement would
cause the greatest agony. Sunday Mr.. A.
for the first time since his attack, at
tempted to feed himself and write let
ter. He made bad stagger at both, ant
was exhausted completely by the effort. I
will be some days yet before he is STATE
!, quo
A great many farmers are getting read
| to plant largely of fruit trees in tn
spring. Mr.. Lara's experiment with tn
!: pea crop, proves the wisdom of peas TO
fertilizing purposes. Others will follow
his example.
The poultry business is receiving grea
deal of attention at present, and quite
number of our farmers will carry larg
stocks hereafter.
After George Greene (coiored). one o
the persons arrested for selling liquo
without license, had had hearing befor
his Honor, Mayor Patterson, he was sen
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